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Little Willie's Hearing

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Parent Issue
Day
28
Month
November
Year
1902
Copyright
Public Domain
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LITTLE WILLIE'S HEARING.

SOMETIMES w'en I am playin' with some fellers 'at I knows

My ma she comes to call me, 'cause she wants me, I surpose,

An' then he calls in this way: "Willie! Willie, dear! Willee-e-ee!"

An' you'd be supprised to notice how dretful deef I be,

An' the fellers 'at are playin' they keeps mos' orful still

W'ile they tell me, jus' in whispers, "your ma is callin', Bill,"

But my hearin' don't git better, so fur as I can see,

W'ile my ma stan's there a-callin': "Willie! Willie, dear! Willee-e-ee!"

An' soon my ma she gives it up an' says, "Well, I allow

It's mighty cur'us w'ere that boy has got to anyhow,"

An' then I keep on playin' jus' the way I did before;

I know if was wantin' much she'd call to me some more,

An' purty soon she comes ag'in an' says: "Willie! Willee-e-ee!"

But then my hearin's jus' as hard as w'at it useter be.

If a feller has good judgment an' uses it that way,

He can almos' allers manage to git consid'ble play.

But jus' w'ile I am playin', an' prob'ly I am "it,"

They's somethin' diff'rent happens, an' I have to up an' git,

Fer my pa comes to the doorway, an' he interrup's our glee;

He jus' says, "William Henry!" But that's enough fer me.

You'd be supprised to notice how quickly I can hear

W'en my pa says, "William Henry!" but never, "Willie, dear!"

Fer, though my hearin's middlin' bad to hear the voice of ma,

It's apt to show improvement w'en the callin' comes from pa.

-New York Times.